Closure construction



CLOSURE CONSTRUCT ION Filed Oct. '7, 192:7

III

INVENTOR,

NE SSES fleulaizLouwelkmy,

I BY 9%. ATTORNEY, v

' IBEULAH LOUISE HENRY, orrrnw YORK,

- eurnsnoee, or new Yoiemn. Y.

Patented July 1930'v W gApplicatiori filed October 7,;119211' Serial"in; 224354;; i

This invention relates to a closure for articles such as rubber pouches,hot water bags, syringes and the like. Y

Some of theobjects of the'present invention are to provide a closureconstruction for an article'ofthe indicated character which will bewater-tight, which will be less bulky than those now provided inarticles of the character mentioned, which may serve with neck-12carried by .awall- 13 or. the container" body 10., and a cap 14 heldcaptive for rotae tory moveinent by a flexible tab-15 havingone a tubeso that the; article may be used as a syringeor douche, and to providean article of the indicatedc'haracter withaolosure cap held captive forrotatory movementby a flexthe article While filling the same with water.

The nature of the invention and its distln- .guishing features andadvantages Will appear when the following specification is read-inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which 7 I Figure 1 is aside elevation of arubber hot water bag or bottle embodying the closureconstruction of the present invention;

Fig. 2'is a perspective view of the article with a tube connectedtherewith so that the afterwhich the extremity of the tubular porarticlemaybe used as a syringe.

Fig. 3 is a sectional'view on an enlarged scale of the closureconstruction and showing the cap separated from theneck.

Fig. 4 is a sectional'view taken on the line 1- 1 ofFig. 1 on anenlarged scale. m

Figr 5is a collective view of the cap forming parts.

Fig. 6 is a collective view of the neck forml ing parts.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view illustrating one of the details. V y

The present invention contemplates the provision of a closureconstruction for containersmade of rubber and adapted to contain hotwater for applying heat to the body and for carrying out syringingoperations,

and it iscontemplated to provide a closure which will be less bulky thanthose now provided, and which will also serve for connecting with thecontainer a suitable tube.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, it will be apparentthat there has been shown in Fig.1 a container body of high grade rubberof the usual oblong shape and havinga tab 11' at one end which servesfor. suspending the container body. The con-5 'tainer body is providedwith a closure construction byvi rtue of which the container I body isfilled with hot water, which serves as a shut offto keep the waterwithin the cons tainer body, and which allows the water to 1r; Yl, AssIGIo'R. or-loiin IiALrjroQE,

be discharged therefrom: .The said closure construction generally statedconsists of a endysecured. to wall 16' of? the container body, 5' V The.neck '12 consists of members 1'7'1'and18 which are arranged respectivelyat opposite sides of the wall 13 and are-permanently fastened together.'Themember 17 has an GX-' ternally threaded portion 19 and a flan e 20.The member l8'has-a flange 21 and a tubular portion 22 received ina'holejiinthe member "17. The" wall 13 has 'a holetherein whichreceivesthe' tubular portion 22 and aportion I I of said wall 13together with a leather gasket 23 are arrangedbetween'the flanges and21',

tion 22 is'turnedover-asat 24 to securelyfasten the-member's 17: and18together and thus form-theneckin water tight connection with i asocket and has internal threads 29 which are complemental to'the threadsof the portion 19;

The member 27 "hasa flange and a cen-x l:

tral portion 31. The members 26 and 27 are 3' arranged respectively atopposite sides of the grommet 25, and the portion '31. extends throughthe grominet25 "and a hole in the member 26 and is'turned .over as at 32to securely fasten the members 26' and 27 together. The members '26andl27 thus 'fastened bring the flange 30 or themember 27 and a portionof the member 26in contact with the grommet 25. 'The cap 1 1 willtherefore be 7 held captive for rotatory movement onthe' tab 15.The'disk; of leather or rubber isarranged in the socket member 26.. Itwill now 1106 a be understood that the cap 14c may be readily v screwedon to the neck 12 to eiie'ctively close the opening provided'by thetubular portion 22 to hold-water within the container body 10. ,When thecap 14 is removed, the tab 15 may be: readily gripped with one hand awhile filling "the container body lO With' 'waterf I In accordancewithanother featufeof the invention there'is providedla rubber tube 33having a socket; 3d at one end whose threads 35 are oomplementalto thethreads of the portion 19. When the cap 14: is removed from the neck 12,the tube 33 may be connected therewith as shown in Figs. 2 and 7 so thatthe article-may be used for carrying out syringing operations. 7

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1. The combination with a container body, 7 of a flexible tab secured tosaid container body, a grommet carried by the tab, a cap con- 7 Vsisting of members having portions which re- CGIVQthBlBbGtWGQn saldgrommet, and one of said members having an arbor which extends throughsaid grommet, and which 1s crushed against the other member to fastensaid memberstogether, the construction and arrangement'being such thatthe cap is rotatably held captive on the container body.

v 2. The combination with a container, body, 2

of a flexible tab secured to said container body, a grommet carried bythe tab, a cap consisting of members havingportions whichreceivetherebetween said grommet, and one of said membersh aving anarbor which extends through'sald grommet, and whlch is crushed againstthe other member to fasten said members together, the construction andarrange ment being such that the cap isheld captive on the containerbody and allowed to have rotatory movement, said cap being threaded toadapt it for screwing engagement With'and disengagement from a threadedmember.

Signed at New York inthe'county of New 7 7 York and State of New'Yorkthis 5th day of October, A. D. 1927 I BEULAIiE oUIsEHENnY.

